28333. Misbranding of Rinex.    U. S. v. 31 Bottles of Rinex.    Default decree of 
condemnation and destruction.     (F. & D. No. 40238.    Sample No. 53463-C.)
The labeling of this product bore false and fraudulent representations re- 
garding its therapeutic and curative effects.
On September 2, 1937, the United States attorney for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, acting upon a report by the Secretary of Agriculture, filed in the 
district court a libel praying seizure and condemnation of 31 bottles of Rinex 
at New Iberia, La., alleging that the article had been shipped in interstate com- 
merce on or about January 27, 1936, from Cleveland, Ohio, by Rinex Labora- 
tories, and charging misbranding in violation of the Food and Drugs Act as 
amended.
Analysis of a sample of the article showed that it consisted of capsules and 
tablets, each capsule containing acetophenetidin (1 grain), aspirin (2.3 grains), 
quinine (0.2 grain), camphor, and a laxative plant drug. Each tablet con- 
tained sodium bicarbonate (3 grains).
The article was alleged to be misbranded in that the following statements 
in the labeling were statements regarding the curative and therapeutic effec- 
tiveness of the article, and were false and fraudulent: "Dr. Piatt's Rinex 
Prescriptions Hay Fever Asthma Complete Relief Guaranteed in 24 hours 
Catarrh Head Colds Dr. Piatt's Rinex Prescription is guaranteed to relieve 
Asthma, Hay Fever, Rose Fever and Catarrh in 24 hours. * * * Head 
Colds: Rinex is guaranteed as in the foregoing to dispel Head Colds in 5 
hours."
On October 15, 1937, no claimant having appeared, judgment of condemna- 
tion was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.
HAEBY L. BROWN, Acting Secretary of Agriculture.